Hurricane, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rogersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35652. It stands on Hurricane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hurricane within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1914 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	26
Arson/incendiarism	15
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2018	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180904-4
27 September 2004	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Estep (historical)	1.2 miles	17
Romine	1.5 miles	17
Cedar Hill (historical)	1.7 miles	16
New Georgia (historical)	1.8 miles	14
Confluence	2.8 miles	15
Whitehead	3.0 miles	16
Anderson	3.2 miles	16
Cedar Grove	3.4 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 145225. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.